The Episcopal Commissions for Life, Family, Youth and Laypersons, is a dependant body of the Mexican Episcopal Conference whose responsibility is – in communion, solidarity, co-responsibility and subsidiarity- to support and stimulate the pastoral work of the Bishops, within the dimensions of which they are composed, as well as, the proper activities of each Dimension, to promote unity and interchange among them, the performance of tasks assigned by the Bishops and provide supports, subsidies and guidance to the Ecclesiastical Provinces and Dioceses.